Clunes Public School Newsletter

25 June 2020 Week 9 Term 2 Learn to Live, Live to Learn

Respect |Responsibility | Integrity Our school stands proudly on Bundjalung land

Walker Street, Clunes 2480 Phone: (02) 66291278 Email: clunes-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal: Michelle Slee Fax: (02) 66291040 Website: https://clunes-p.schools.nsw.gov.au

SCHOOL CALENDAR We are an accredited Waste Wise Ways School

WEEK 9 WEEK 10

Friday 26th June - Reports distributed to students

Wednesday 1st July - Nude Food Day Thursday 2nd July - SRC themed Thursday ’PJs’ Friday 3rd July - Last day of term 2

6 July – 21 July

Happy Holidays

A proud member of the First North Community of Schools and The Rivers P-12

OBSERVATIONS, ASSESSING AND REPORTING TO PARENTS All class reports will be sent home tomorrow. As instructed by the Department of Education, the reports will not be providing an A to E scale for achievement or a 1 to 5 scale for effort, as the usual semester teaching and learning cycles have been greatly disrupted. We will also not be reporting on the learning from home period which was up to 37 days for some students. This is to prevent any judgement on a child’s access to curriculum or the family’s capacity to support them during this time. Student achievement will be marked as one of Developing, Satisfactory or Commendable. As always, we encourage parents and carers to look closely at the ‘Effort’ grading as this gives you an indication if your child is working to their full potential. Having said this, none of us fully understand the extent of the impact from what we have been through over the last few months. Teachers have observed some children taking a number of weeks to settle back into school life and their

new classrooms. There have been some shifts in dynamics and friendships as we have all come together while still abiding by current restrictions. We congratulate all our students on their resilience and the acts of kindness they show each other. We thank all our families for the amazing supportive environment they created for their children, making the most of the quality family time imposed. I would like to thank the teachers for their adaptability and professionalism as they responded to rapid and unforeseen changes. We are fortunate to live in a school community where everyone did their best to accept their new roles during this time. We have one week of Term Two remaining. It has been an intense time with a number of people falling ill to colds and viruses. Staff are working hard to plan future stimulating and challenging learning programs to inspire our students while still adhering to DET restrictions regarding volunteers and non-essential visitors.

Next week, we will provide you with further information regarding sport, film projects, education week celebrations and the Lake Ainsworth Sport and Recreation program. SRC THEME THURSDAY NEXT WEEK SRC have decided to have a comfy, warm pyjama day next Thursday for absolutely no reason except to have fun. Thanks student leaders! P & C MEETING VIA ZOOM NEXT MONDAY AT 6:30PM Everyone is invited to join an extra meeting next Monday. On the agenda will be the pie drive-by organisation. Don’t forget pies need to be collected at the Clunes Community Hall on Thursday 2nd July and pie customers must adhere to physical distancing rules. More details to come. SENDING BEST WISHES TO JOHN MORTIMER Our wonderful cleaner, John Mortimer, is suffering from ill health (not Covid-19 related) and may not return to school at this stage. We wish him a speedy recovery and want him to know we are all thinking of him. John has been amazing during our enhanced cleaning period working huge hours, meticulously cleaning and going beyond his role to help us. We currently have a casual cleaner while ISS find a longer term cleaner to replace John during his leave. SURVEYING TO HELP DRIVE DIRECTIONS We are currently surveying our students and staff regarding Semester One matters.

We had a great response for our parent survey during the remote learning period and your honest feedback was helpful. We will survey our parents again next Semester. Michelle Slee Principal

EXPECTATION Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Student Awards

Elliott Cleary – Elliott receives his award for working independently on his tasks and his great reading fluency.

Samara Gilmour-Mayne - Samara receives her award for building independence in class routines and for fantastic expression when telling her news.

Skylar Ramsay – Skylar receives her award for a smooth transition back into school and settling into class routines and working independently.

Magnus Mactier – Magnus receives his award for developing better work habits in the classroom.

Sophia Fernance – Sophia receives her award for settling in well to her new classroom.

Quinn Wisse – Quinn receives his award for developing more mature work habits in the classroom.

Khan Coady - This semester Khan has worked very diligently to improve his skills. When confronted with unfamiliar information he has applied himself to get a deep understanding and this growth is reflected in his marks through the year. Great work Khan

Lawson Mactier – Asking questions is a wonderful way to learn. Lawson has made a marked improvement to ask questions to gain clarity of his understandings. This not only helps himself but it has a great influence on our class as a whole. Well done Lawson.

Samuel Watson - Samuel has earlier in the year not been as productive as I would have liked. However, he is now displaying the self-discipline to stay on task and show his true potential. Great effort Samuel.

Citizenship Award was presented to Zoe Pietzsch. Nude Food Day – Wednesday 1st July

Help save the planet one lunch at a time! Nude Food Day is a worldwide initiative developed to encourage kids and parents to eat well and live well, and help eliminate unnecessary packaging and wrapping. Next Wednesday is a Nude Food day so remember to bring your food in reusable containers.

P&C News Pie orders will be delivered on Thursday 2nd July to Clunes Coronation Hall for parents to then collect. More details regarding pick up organization (Covid-19 style) will be forwarded once the P&C have met on Monday night.

Clunes OSHC Tom has had his building materials out this week at Clunes OSHC and the children have been creating sling shots for pompoms. The children had to follow all

the safety rules when using the tools and Tom demonstrated how to use them. The children had to tie knots in rubber bands (not an easy task) to make the sling and experimented with the tension to make the pompoms fly.

We continued to work with fabric and wool this week. The children created scary hand sculptures with a wire template and fabric scraps. The result was so lifelike that it scared me when I came to work the next day. We have also been working on god’s eyes and beanies using the beanie makers which are a large knitting Nancy. The Vacation care programs where sent out by email this week and is attached to this newsletter. Days are starting to fill up so if you would like some vacation care days or an afterschool care booking please Call or text us on 0437 362 834 or email us clunesoshc@nrcs.org.au.

Laura, Tom and the COOSH team